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Hello, I have come across a little Maggini here. What is the stamp on the back of the scroll? What is this violin? What do you think about the back? Please be specific and give me as much detailed information as possible. When is it from or where? The purfling? Thanks for having a look, much appreciated, Rachel
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http://tarisio.com/auctions/auction/lot/?csid=2198061056&cpid=3266445312&filter_key=1762afcd48601fe4b9610366b61342a4 Getting back to the raison d'être of this forum, here's an interesting case. It looks to me that someone was starting to reduce a 37cm Maggini model Chanot by sawing around the inner line of purfling. I'm not quite sure what to think of this. Papa Chanot's are fine instruments, and one of those "bargains" I often advise friends to look for, as they don't fetch prices as high as Vuillaumes, nor even, often, Gand Père or Bernardel Père, but I feel they have a similar quality level. I usually find that Maggini models by all of these top french makers have very interesting sound qualities, often similar to their rare Del Gesu models. I also have noticed that the long body lengths (often with fairly normal stops) are a huge turn-off, and very few players are willing to put up with it. Among my "practice project" fiddles is a 37cm Maggini model that looks like it was made by one of Bernardel Père's assistants, or according to his "take" on the Maggini model in any case, but it has no signature, stamps or other tell-tale signs. I do intend to practice some crack repair/retouching on this violin plus a neck reset. Even in its "weakened" state, with several badly repaired cracks and a very low neck projection, this violin sounds very good, and I have to admit, I'm a little tempted to "cut it down." Have any folks here on MN ever done this sort of thing? Just an aside, many years ago (mid 1973's) I saw an A&H Amati go through Sotheby's that had been enlarged with the addition of a second line of purfling. The violin was supposedly ex-Vieuxtemps, and the work was purported to have been done by Lupot, I believe. Anyone seen that fiddle since?
